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Each of the major collegiate baseball summer leagues are now in action after the Cape Cod League began play on Father’s Day. Below is an update on returning Mizzou players currently in action across the various summer leagues. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE Tre Morris – Princeton WhistlePigs Hitting .350 through 11 games …

EUGENE, Ore. — Mizzou Track & Field sophomore Arianna Fisher set a new school record in the women’s triple jump at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Track & Field Sunday night at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon. Fisher, who also holds the women’s indoor triple …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Fifteen of Drury University’s nineteen sports that compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference earned a GEICO Team Academic award for their work in the classroom in 2020-21. This marks the third straight year Drury has had 15 teams earn the award, which matches a department record.   …

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State has hired former shortstop and two-year captain Joey Hawkins as hitting coach and recruiting coordinator, head coach Keith Guttin announced Monday. A fan favorite during his time as a Missouri State player, Hawkins spent four seasons with the Bears from 2012-15 and was the Missouri Valley …

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou swimmer Danny Kovac will swim for a spot in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday night (June 19) at 8 p.m. on NBC. Kovac enters Saturday’s finals as the fourth-seeded swimmer in the 100-meter fly. He earned the opportunity by posting a 51.61 in the semifinals, …

EUGENE, Ore. — One current and two former Mizzou athletes advanced to respective event finals Friday on the first day of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Track & Field at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon. Junior Arianna Fisher claimed one of the final qualifying spots …

SAGINAW, Mich.— The Drury bass fishing opened in the 2021-22 season this week at the Bassmasters College Series at Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Drury’s Jacob Welch and Grant Harris were the top finishers for the Panthers as the duo finished 70th among 167 boats in the season-opening event.   A team …

Athletic Contracts Home   WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The Missouri State University Board of Governors formally approved the contract extensions of four head coaches here Friday at its June meeting and also approved the university’s plan for the head coaching transition in men’s soccer.   The following head coaching extensions …

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Seven Mizzou Track & Field athletes and alumni will be competing at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, from June 18-27. For the four current Tigers, three competed in Track Town U.S.A. earlier in the month at the NCAA Outdoor Track & …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Drury Lady Panthers head coach Amy Eagan announced that Taylor Birch will join her coaching staff as a graduate assistant coach. Birch recently graduated from Bethany (Kan.) with a degree in Health & Physical Education/Fitness with a minor in Coaching.   She was also a member of the …